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GUIYANG, CHINA | Xinhua | The karst mountains of Guizhou Province in southwest China feature ravines so deep that locals call them “the Earth’s cracks.” At Huajiang Town, the Beipan River carves one such gorge, a relic of Triassic seas, etched into limestone cliffs, which once marked the limits of …

GAZA, PALESTINE | Xinhua | Children in the Gaza Strip, making up roughly half of the population, are among the most vulnerable during the ongoing conflict. What difficulties are they facing? How will they endure the spread of famine and subsequent trauma? Struggle for survival Gaza records about 130 births …

NEW YORK, the United States | Xinhua | For many Americans, the day doesn’t begin without a cup of coffee. But a new round of tariffs on coffee imports may soon make that daily ritual cost more. Coffee prices in the United States jumped 14.5 percent in July from a …

COMMENT | Lenny Mendonca, Laura Tyson |  At the explicit request of President Donald Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is pursuing an unorthodox mid-decade redistricting of the state’s congressional map to ensure that Republicans win five additional seats in the next election. This brazenly partisan move is yet another example of …

BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | It’s neither reasonable nor realistic to ask China to join the nuclear disarmament negotiations with the United States and Russia, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Wednesday. Guo made the remarks at a regular news briefing in response to reports that U.S. President …

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  The United States | THE INDEPENDENT | Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported but later returned to the U.S., is gearing up for a new phase in his battle with the Trump administration, now staving off efforts to deport him to Uganda. An evidentiary hearing is set to …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will file a lawsuit to prevent President Donald Trump from firing her, her lawyer said Tuesday, arguing the president has no authority to remove Cook. “His attempt to fire her, based solely on a referral letter, lacks …

BERLIN, German | Xinhua | Germany’s auto industry have cut more than 51,000 jobs over the past year as weak demand, U.S. tariffs and the costly shift to electric vehicles weighed heavily on the sector, according to a report by consultancy EY. Employment in the auto sector fell by nearly …

BEIRUT, LEBANON | Xinhua | Lebanese Finance Minister Yassine Jaber on Tuesday signed a 250 million U.S.-dollar loan agreement with the World Bank to support reconstruction of infrastructure damaged in recent Israeli attacks, the Finance Ministry said in a statement. The deal will establish a fund to rebuild essential infrastructure, …